Investigation of the Relationship Between Social Media Addiction and Social Loafing Behavior Among Healthcare Workers

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between social media addiction and social loafing behavior among healthcare workers. This is a descriptive study on social media use and social shirking behavior of healthcare workers. Material and Method: The study was conducted with the participation of 450 healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, secretaries, and technicians) working in a university hospital. Social media addiction scale and social loafing scale were used to collect the data. AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structures statistical software) package program was used for the impact analysis. Before the analysis, KMO (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin) and Barttlet's Sphericity test were performed and goodness of fit values were tested. Results: As a result of the reliability analysis, Cronbach's alpha values were found as α=0.914, α=0.824, α=0.854, α=0.902 for social loafing (SL), perceived social loafing (PSL), virtual tolerance (VT) and virtual communication (VC), respectively. It was found that social media addiction had a statistically significant and positive (β=0.389, p